Hi all,
I'm trying to determine if my problem could be power supply related.
Here's my system:
Q6600 @2.4ghz
780i mobo
(2) GeForce 8800 GTX SLI
SB X-Fi Extreme Gamer
4 gigs Crucial Ballistix
150 gig Raptor
(2) 500 Gig WD Caviars
Vista Home Premium 64 bit
Thermaltake Toughpower 850w
Keep in mind I had a fully functioning computer for about a week before the below started happening.
I cannot boot up my computer either by the installed OS or even by simply booting from the Vista DVD. Here is what happens:
When trying to boot from the installed OS, the system posts everything fine. I hear all of the normal beeping and whirring of the hardrives, fans, etc. The black screen with the Windows logo comes up along with the green bar going across on the bottom. At this point I should get to the blue splash screen asking me to enter my password to get to my desktop. Well, all I get is a black screen. No mouse pointer, no graphics, no options, nothing. Just a black screen. Everything is still on. Motherboard lights are still on, and fans are still turning.
At this point one would think ok, must be hardrive related. But. no.
I then try to boot from the Windows Installation dvd to see if I can at least do a fresh Windows install in case something corrupted. Well, the computer will not boot from the dvd either. Once again, the system posts fine. The dvd drive is turning and the Windows logo screen comes up with the white bar on the bottom saying that Windows is loading files, please wait. Once the white bar gets all the way to the right I get to the Windows blue splash screen with a mouse pointer and nothing else. Where are my options to install? There's nothing. Just the blue splash screen with a mouse pointer.
This happens no matter how many times I try to reboot. I don't get any variations at all to the above.
I pulled out everything except 1 video card and 2 sticks of RAM. I'm pretty much running barebones now. Same problem. I've reset the CMOS, flashed to newest bios version.
Would this more likely be mobo related or power supply related? Both components are under 1 month old.
Regards
I'm trying to determine if my problem could be power supply related.
Here's my system:
Q6600 @2.4ghz
780i mobo
(2) GeForce 8800 GTX SLI
SB X-Fi Extreme Gamer
4 gigs Crucial Ballistix
150 gig Raptor
(2) 500 Gig WD Caviars
Vista Home Premium 64 bit
Thermaltake Toughpower 850w
Keep in mind I had a fully functioning computer for about a week before the below started happening.
I cannot boot up my computer either by the installed OS or even by simply booting from the Vista DVD. Here is what happens:
When trying to boot from the installed OS, the system posts everything fine. I hear all of the normal beeping and whirring of the hardrives, fans, etc. The black screen with the Windows logo comes up along with the green bar going across on the bottom. At this point I should get to the blue splash screen asking me to enter my password to get to my desktop. Well, all I get is a black screen. No mouse pointer, no graphics, no options, nothing. Just a black screen. Everything is still on. Motherboard lights are still on, and fans are still turning.
At this point one would think ok, must be hardrive related. But. no.
I then try to boot from the Windows Installation dvd to see if I can at least do a fresh Windows install in case something corrupted. Well, the computer will not boot from the dvd either. Once again, the system posts fine. The dvd drive is turning and the Windows logo screen comes up with the white bar on the bottom saying that Windows is loading files, please wait. Once the white bar gets all the way to the right I get to the Windows blue splash screen with a mouse pointer and nothing else. Where are my options to install? There's nothing. Just the blue splash screen with a mouse pointer.
This happens no matter how many times I try to reboot. I don't get any variations at all to the above.
I pulled out everything except 1 video card and 2 sticks of RAM. I'm pretty much running barebones now. Same problem. I've reset the CMOS, flashed to newest bios version.
Would this more likely be mobo related or power supply related? Both components are under 1 month old.
Regards